Without thinking much about it we can spend a great deal of money at home. If you add up the costs of everyday items that you use about the house it most likely will be more than you thought it would be. These are the invisible items in your shopping baskets, the things you have to buy. It isn't food we are talking about it's cleaning products, kitchen towel, bits and pieces used in the kitchen and the like. It doesn't have to be this way, you can cut costs on these so called essentials:
- Water down cleaning liquids - surface cleaners of all types are pretty strong in their own right, if you dilute them they will still be perfectly useful
- Use white vinegar to clean glass and mirrors - you really are wasting money if you use anything that says it's designed specifically for glass or mirrors, vinegar has been used for centuries
- Adjust the timer on your hot water and heating - as the seasons change make sure you adjust the times the heating is on, so simple yet so often forgotten
- Re-use kitchen foil - unless the foil you've used in cooking is particularly greasy or ripped it's easy to just rinse it and dry it and use it again
- Use eco-cloths - one in the bathroom and one in the kitchen, just to wipe over surfaces when they need it - they won't replace paper towels completely but they will significantly reduce how many you buy
- Bin bags - if you still buy bags specifically to use in your bin in the kitchen or elsewhere in the house think again - any plastic bag will do and it's almost impossible to avoid collecting them
These are pretty straightforward for anyone to put into practice and they'll all reduce spend on items so many of us have become accustomed to simply adding to our shopping baskets in the supermarkets without really thinking. Each of them is just a small change but added altogether all 6 would make a real difference to a weekly or monthly budget.
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